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24.5; auth-source-search ignores netrc entries with port set

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From: Ted Zlatanov <tzz <at> lifelogs.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 Alexey Veretennikov <alexey.veretennikov <at> gmail.com>,
 22188-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22188: 24.5;
 auth-source-search ignores netrc entries with port set
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2015 10:18:31 -0500

On Thu, 24 Dec 2015 16:09:41 +0100 Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> wrote: 

AS> An entry without port is matched by any port.  In general, an absent
AS> specification means any.

Exactly :)

The only tricky case is explained in (info "(auth) Help for users")

   The typical netrc line example is without a port.

     machine YOURMACHINE login YOU password YOURPASSWORD

   This will match any authentication port.  Simple, right?  But what if
there’s a SMTP server on port 433 of that machine that needs a different
password from the IMAP server?

     machine YOURMACHINE login YOU password SMTPPASSWORD port 433
     machine YOURMACHINE login YOU password GENERALPASSWORD

I hope that helps. Closing this as done, but please let me know if the
auth-source manual or docstrings need improvement.

Thank you
Ted

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